Palghar taluka

Palghar taluka is a taluka in Palghar district of Maharashtra an Indian state.^[1]

Thane district

On 1 August 2014, the talukas of Mokhada, Jawahar, Talasari, Vikramgadh, Wada, Dahanu, Palghar and Vasai were separated from the erstwhile Thane district to form a new district Palghar.^[2] Mr. Maheyssh Sagar is current Tahsildar & Executive Magistrate of Taluka Palghar. Mr. Vikas M. Gajare is current Sub Divisional Officer & Sub Divisional Magistrate of Palghar Sub Division.

Demographics

Religions in Palghar taluk (2011)[3]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			90.62%
Islam			6.05%
Buddhism			1.31%
Jainism			0.80%
Christianity			0.50%
Other or not stated			0.72%

Palghar taluka has a population of 550,166 according to the 2011 census. Palghar had a literacy rate of 80.69% and a sex ratio of 907 females per 1000 males. 69,554 (12.64%) are under 7 years of age. 225,380 (40.97%) lived in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3.09% and 30.56% of the population respectively.^[4]

Languages of Palghar taluk (2011)^[5]

  Marathi (70.91%)

  Hindi (16.61%)

  Gujarati (2.65%)

  Urdu (2.29%)

  Bhojpuri (2.10%)

  Marwari (1.08%)

  Others (4.36%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 70.91% of the population in the district spoke Marathi, 16.61% Hindi, 2.65% Gujarati, 2.29% Urdu, 2.10% Bhojpuri and 1.08% Marwari as their first language.^[5]

References

1. "महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व तालुके - महाराष्ट्रातील सर्व जिल्ह्यांतील तालुके महसुली विभागांनिहाय जाणून घ्या". Prahar. 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
2. Tembhekar, Chittaranjan; Sanjeev Shivadekar (14 June 2014). "Thane district will finally be split into 2 parts from August 15". Times of India. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
3. "Table C-01 Population by Religion: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
4. "District Census Hand Book – Thane" (PDF). Census of India. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
5. "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Maharashtra". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.